A MOTHER has re-started the safety campaign she began 30 years ago after the death of a 16-year-old boy, yards from where she lost her daughter.

Yvonne and Alison are pictured surveying the dangers in Hattersley Road West.

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A MOTHER has re-started the safety campaign she began 30 years ago after the death of a 16-year-old boy, yards from where she lost her daughter.

Painful memories came flooding back for Yvonne Spragg when she heard about the death of family friend, Anthony Stealey - who died in a car crash in Hattersley Road West on February 16.

The tragedy was a dreadful reminder of the heartache she went through when her 10-year-old stepdaughter, Tammy, was killed on the same stretch of road in 1984.

But Yvonne and her family have known of the notoriety of the road as far back as 1969 when her son - now 38 - was hit while playing near the road.

"I campaigned for a long time after Edward was hit to get signs on the road saying there is a bend or slow down but there is still nothing there," she said.

"They just wait until somebody gets killed and then it's too late."

Yvonne, who now lives in Stringer Way, Mottram said that at the time she was told nothing could be done.

But now, with the help of her daughter, Alison Carr, she's relaunching her campaign.

Alison, from Callington Drive, added: "There's just no warning - not a slow down sign, not a sign for the bend in the road.

"When my children were growing up I wouldn't let anybody play out on the front, only at the back."

A council spokeswoman said traffic calming had been considered in the past but bus firms and the fire service had objected.

She added: "Currently we've got two areas we are looking at for traffic calming one in Hattersley Road East and one in John Kennedy Road - I think the one in Hattersley Road East is a speed table which is like a speed hump but over a wider area.

"However, we would say that it is regrettable that traffic calming measures could not have prevented some of the accidents that have happened recently."